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...case significantly effects [sic] an important sector of the economy - a sector characterized by rapid technological change," Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in his lone dissent (an unusually brief two-paragraph job). "Speed and reaching a final decision may help create legal certainty. That certainty in turn may further the economic development of that sector so important to our nation's prosperity...
...Breyer also devoted a few words to the "competing considerations" of his colleagues: The appeals court "would likely narrow, focus and initially decide the legal issues now presented here," Breyer said. "It would thereby facilitate any later deliberations in this court." Breyer figured that the Supremes, with some additional briefs and oral arguments, could have handled the pruning itself; the other eight justices said no thanks...
...Jews to positions almost as high as the vice presidency: Many of his top Cabinet deputies, like Defense Secretary William S. Cohen and former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin '61, come from Jewish backgrounds. Both of Clinton's appointees to the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, are Jewish. But hardly anyone focused on their Judaism when these men and women were tapped, and no one cited them as symbols of diversity or tolerance. With Lieberman it's different--the word "historic" seems permanently welded to his name, like the W. in George W. Bush...
...held a series of jobs in law before being named a federal judge by President Clinton in 1994--her bosses have included Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-56 (D-Mass.), former Governor William F. Weld '66 and Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer...
Thirty-four years after they were established by an Earl Warren Supreme Court ruling, the Miranda warnings are again being debated by the nation's highest judicial body. The warnings, described by Justice Stephen G. Breyer as a "hallmark of American justice," provide essential safeguards for people against the power of the police. The ruling, which requires that police inform arrested individuals of their rights, is being challenged on the basis of an obscure section of a 1968 crime bill that was ignored until a surprising ruling earlier this year. A Virginia bank robbery suspect made incriminating statements before...